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G M GUERRANT MACHINE FOR APPLYING STAMPS.

N0. 555,644. Patented Mar. 3, 1896.

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G. MJGUERRANT. I MACHINE FOR APPLYING STAMPS.

N0. 555,644. 5 Patented Mar. 3, 1896.

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3 Sheets-Sheet 3. G. M. GUERRANT.

MACHINE FOR APPLYING STAMPS.

Patented Mar. 3, 1896.

0 ocean Q Be a known that I,' GEoRGn M. e'u RRANT, I a citizen of the United States, residing at Dan- "cause such stamp to adhere to the a cigarette-box, package of cigaretteatbags,

' for-puttinglabels Tar all whdm'it "tag concern;-

, Stamps,

' The object ofthi'sin-ventionis-to -TED] STATES- P T' 7 'QFFICE;

, GE'bReE' M. QUE-BRANT,

MAc iNE FOR APPLYING s 'rAMPsij or lDANVILLE', VIRGINIA.

; slEclFlbATloN'fonning-partof Leads Patent No. 555,644, dated Martha-189's.

. Application filed J'anuari il9-, 1894. BenewedlJe0e1nbe1-24,18 95. atrium. 573,200; NqmodelJ ville, in the county of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia, have invented an Improvement in Maehines for Applying Revenue or other cation.

pp ya hesive material to the back of a stamp and to surface of r; packages,jandthis machine may be used or packages:

In'carrying'out thisinvention. the stamps are supplied preferably from 4 f or strip fed in by rollers and cut off between a printed ribbonone stamp. and the nextand brought into con tact with arollertothe surfaceof which paste,

or other adhesive material is applied, and the 1 stamp is forced aivay. frcn rt-his roller by ctr: rents of-air passing through perforations in "the roller and or package upon which itfis to be in section. Fig. 2 is a secondiroller and carried-by it tothe box 7 applied, and vthen it isp eiected against such box or package bytl e action of airunder pressure,

' thus avoidin g'thehandlin g of the stamp, and p the angleor edge of the box so'as'to lap upon the same su'ch stamp can be 'directed' upon to prevent the-box being" opened ivithout mutilatingthe stainp,.-an d,this apparatus is adapted to use with a singl'e ribbon or strip of stamps or withnumefousi'ibbons '01- strips at suitable distances apart, so as to befadapted boxesor packages. p

In the. drawings, Figure 1 is a'general plan View of the apparatus, some of the parts being a 1 vertical section illustratingthe improvement; Fig;

y Fig. 5. Fig. "-1 is a horizontal section of one of the rolls from wliich the stamp is dis-, charged by the action of the air. Fig. 5 is an elevation of. the cutting knife witli'theframe in sect-ion. 1 ig. 6 is a diagrammatic il-Lustra tioii of the gears that maybe employed to 0011- nect the respective part-s: Fig. 7., is a' plan of which the following is a specifif or stamps on bottles, boxes,

the stamp is directed against 4 rolls Ifandthe pair of rolls is a transverse section of'the cutting device at the line wm,F-ig3 2. j.- v r 1 1 Upon reference to Fig. 1 it, will be observed that. th'e'machine can be adapted to a number n of strips of paper forming the stamp, but as ism. '-I' have illustrated a connection 2 to a quantity of adhesire material for the under lhe paste-roller E is of any suitable ma 5eand reyolves'in;

and it is advany transfer to the perforated'roller G the proper-- View at one end of the machine near the linea the parts are simply duplicated in the respect- F siderable vpressure by. any desired mechancrank upon the. shaft-B toniove the piston of surface oflthe strip of paper upon which the stamps are printed. Thisst'ripof paper 5 is upon a roller II, and is drawn 01i advantageously by the pairs of rolls I and K which.

, draw the strip ofpaperalong and pass the samev through between the perforated roller G and the shell-roller L, and the cutter M'for 'separating one stamp fromt next is advantageously applied betwee K, and the bedshearfi is suitably supported for the cutter M I'have represented end frames N for support-ingthe shafts or axes of'the respective rolls, and by reference to Fig.6 it will be observedtliat -a train-of ga1'ing can be ein ploycd for rotating the respective rolls-that is .to say, upon thedriving-shaft B a pinion may be provided to the wheel 8 upon the camwheel 10 upon-the shaft'3 of the paste-roll-E,

shaft- 0, that has also a'pinion 9 to the gearfiand-this gear to the whee'l'1'2 upon the shaft the pair of 13 of the perforated roll G and the gear 14:

engages the wheel 12 and is upon the shaft 15 of the shell L, and the gears 16, 17, 18, 19, 40

and 54 are adapted to driving the feed-rollsl and K in the proper direction.

vIn order to actuate the cutter or knife M any suitable mechanism may be employed,

but as the movement of the same is advantageously rapid when cutting'the stampthe.

cutter should remain stationary while the stamp is fed along by the'rolls, and convenient devices for actuating the cutterare represented in Figs. 1 and2, in which the links P P froni'theends. of the cutt'erpass down to the levers Q Q that are pivoted at and acted upon by springs 21 to hold the levers and cutter in the normal position, and upon the shaft 0 are cams 22 that act upon the pro- It is advantageous to provide guides 23 for the ends of the cutter M, and these guides 23 can be upon the frame of the machine or upon a yieldingbearing (shown in Fig. 3) with springs 24 to press upon the'yielding bearing and apply to'the axes of the upper rolls in the pairs of feed-rolls I and K the necessary pressure to act upon the stamped strip. The. cross-bar B prevents the paper being lifted by the upward movementof the knife.

Where desired to can'cel the stamps in theaction of applying the same, the upper roll in the pair of feed-rolls I may be made with a rubber surface having the proper canceling design, and this roll may be inked by the roll R, which receives ink from intermediate roll 26, I

The inking device is not shown in Fig. 1 to allow the other pal-m to be clearly-seen.

the trough 25 and It will be apparent that the paste-roll E applies to the surface of the perforated rollG the adhesive material and that this roll G is below the stamped strip and is adapted to apply the adhesive material to the back surface of the stamped strip; but such strip would adhereto the roll G and be carried aroundthe same if otherwise unacted upon. I-therefore provide a pipe S to supply air under pressure from a suitable reservoir C through one shaft or journal 13 oftheperforated roll G, so that such' air may issue in jets through the perforations of such roll G and thereby force away from the surface of such roll Gwthe stamped strip after the adhesive material has been applied to the same, and itis advantageous to place'a shield 27 between the lower feed-roll, K, and the upper surface of the perforated roll .G to prevent the eurrentsof air that pass through the perforations in the roll G blowing against the stamped strip before it reaches such roll-G..

The currents of air direct the pasted and stamped strip against the lower surface of the shell roll L. This roll L is in the form of a shell" or open at one end in order to receive within the same the stationary air-deflector T, and there are in this roll L openings alt'28, which openings. are of a suitable size and at the proper places, and'air-is supplied to the deflector T by a pipe U having in it a cook 29 that'is opened at the required intervals by any suit-able means--such, for instance, as a lever 30 pivoted at 31 and acted upon by the cam 42, the connecting-rod 32 extending to the arm of the cock 29 and the spring 33 acting to move the arm of the cock inthe opposite direction.

It is now to be understood that the box or other article V is-to'be presented in such a manner that after the stamp has been carried around against the surface of the shell-roll L by the action. of the jets of air passing out from the perforated rollG the stamp J can be blown upon the box or other article V by the sudden opening of the cook 29, causing the'air under pressure to pass into the stationary deflector T andthrough' one of the openings 28 in theroll L, and this sudden blast of air' throws the stamp from the roll L and-presses the same upon the proper part of the box or other article. to be stamped, and, if desired, a wiper W in the form of a roll or pad may be employed,'the same being suitably moistened to wipe from the surface of the shell roll L any" adhesive material and thereby prevent the stamp from adhering at its edges to such roll. I-remark that where there are a number of groups of stamp-applying devices, as illusfrom the air-pipe'U to the respective st-ationary deflectorsjl within the respective shell rolls L, the stationary deflectors being provided with arms that extend out to the crossbar 1) and are firmly clamped thereto by suitable devices, such asset-screws.

'The boxes or articles to'be stamped may be supplied tothis machine-in any suitable manner. Ihave,however, represented such boxes or packages I as received into hoppers Y and resting at the lower end of the pile of boxes or packages upon the inclined tables t, down which such boxes, packages or articles are allowed to slide, and'a'cross-shaft u may be provided with spring-fingers o to rest upon one of the boxes or packages upon the table t and prevent the bottom box or package in thepile from sliding down until such spring;

finger is raised, and such spring-finger may be raised periodicallyby the action of. the. cam 42 upon a lever w having a connectingrod 8 to a crank-arm 8 upon the end of the cross-shaft u.

It is advisable to make the table in two f parts, the portion I i" being end of the ho; with the stain shell L'immediatelybefore the air-is admitted- [O supported by a cross-shaft with a crank 0 upon the outer end thereof receiving its motion from the con-' necting-rod s, so that when the parts i and t of the table are in line with each otherthe box or article can slide down and the lowerorarticle will come .in contact as thesame is around the to blow the stamp'upon the box and cause.

it to adhere thereto, and then the action of the cam 42'upon the leverw causes -the-sec' ftion t charge the hex upon which the stamp has of the'table to tipdownwardly and dis-" been placed, and the upper end ofthe table. momentarily prevents the next box or article upon-thetable sliding-down, andthe springfingew also holds the box at this moment, and

. afterthe stamped box has fallen off the sec- 2o -fion t such table is restored to its position by the action of thespring'nupon the lever-"w and simultaneouslythe spfing-fing'erm is lifted and thebox standingin the, hopper ad'vant .30

- beIt from th allowed .to slide the table-section t" and receive stamp, as before described.

down upon upon it a Inorder to'insur'e the passing outof the,

'bottombox or article from the pile of boxes orsupply-chute, it is a eous to make use of revolvingar-ms ,2 upon a shaft 1? with a pulley 71. driven by a shaft 0, such arms-i passing through a sh) in the bed or table tfand the; ends of the arms act in succession against.

the boxes or articles to move the bottom -one alongthe table and out from beneath the pile of boxes or articles, so that the same is in posi-tion 'to slide down the table t tTin t-o position for receiving the stamp.

. The belt employed for driving the pulley h and the arms should be crossedandonly sufli-' .ciently tight to give motion to thearmsand the box, or'article' when fthe preceding box has.

slipped down 1 ping upon the '45 uponthe table, the belt s1ippulley when the arms remain stationary. .-.It isto beundersto that any desired 1 -Za'nmber of. sets of devices such as before de- .I have represented "59 scribed can be made use of in one machine. 1n Fig. 1 five of such sets of devices, but the number may be extended,

For only one or more sets of devices may be made useofor'the trough .when falling down from 1 table t as the latterxis tipped. A

' to the'box, bottle, or. ploycd regardless of the particular devices for -.supplyingpaste or other'adhesive material i0 1i h t A may be provided, as shown in 2 partially by dotted lines,

I .to prevent the stamped articlesstriking-the paste-roller the The devicesfor applying the st hip or label package may be emone surface of the stamp or label, and Lie- .mark that the size and shape of the hopper in which the stampor I whetherendwise,

Y will depend upon the size and shape of the box, bottle, or package and of the direction label is to be. applied, sidewise, or flatwise, upon,

- whether wise.

other articles, of applying theadhesive material material, a hollow such package, and-the devices for blowing the stamp upon thepackage. efiect that object pressure may or may not be applied afterward to the stamp by the hand or other I claim as my invention- 1. The combination ina machine forapplying revenue or other stamps. to boxesor a hollow perforated roll for to the stamp, means for forcing air into such hollow roll for the issuing jets to press the stamp off the roll against the action of the adhesive aterial, and mechanism for receiving the stamp and applying the same to. the box or other article,

substantially as set forth."

- 2. Theco'nibi'nation witharollforapplying "adhesive material to. a stamp,,of means 'for separating the stamp from. the roll, a second roll against which the unpasted side 'ofthe stamp is received, such roll having openings in the same, and'me'ans for..directing a blast of airthrough one of the-openingsin the roll to force the receive the stamp, substantially as set forth. 3; The combination in a machine for ap-- plying revenue-stamps, of rolls for holding the 'stripsof stamped paper, two pairs of for warding-rolls, an intermediate bed-shear, a cutter above the -sameylink connections from the ends of the eutter,ipivotedside levers to which the links are connected, cams for raisstamp away from the. surface thereof and upon the box or other article to 10b ,in'g the levers and cutter and springsfor to cut the paperand of a trough the perforated roller, means for supplyingv air -i under pressure into the perforated roller to separate the stamp from the adhesive m'aterial upon the perforated roller, .a stationary deflector, air-supply pipe and cock for thereof against the box or other article upon Which'thestamp is to be applied, substanti ally'as set forth. j v

5. The combination in a machine for ape plying revenue and'other stamps, of a trough fo'r holding paste or other adhesive material, a roll therein for transferring such-adhesive .pro-.; v jecting the stamp with the adhesive side res ma'teriaha hollowperforated cylinder upon the surface of which the adhesive material is applied, fcedingmechanism for supplying the: i V

stamp, a roll for pressing the stamp against the perforated roller, means for supplying air under pressure into the perforated roller to separate the stamp from the adhesive ma- 'terial upon the perforated roller, a stationwhichthe stamp is to be applied, aml'an ina Y r 555,644

ar deflector, air-s11 )1 pi e and cook for i mechanismfor ti ing such section and dis- 1 y Pl 3 P PP charging the box or article after the stamp has been applied, ashaftand projecting'arms projecting the stamp with the adhesive side. thereof against thebox or other article upon clined table down which the boxes or other articles are supplied successively, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination in a liiachine-for- 5pplying revenue and other stamps, of a roller for [applying adhesive material to one side of the stamp, means for direct g the stamp tothe box or other article to whlch it is to be applied; an inolinedtable for supporting such box or article, having a movable section,

passing through a slot in the table and acting to forward the boxes or other articles progressivelyalong the table, substantially'as set 2'5 forth.

G.. M. GUERRANT.

Withesses:

W. J. D UCE, I PETER D. GUERRANT.

Signed by me this 23d (lay of December, I 

